1 I was overwhelmed with depression, too; I had an hysterical craving for incongruity and for contrast, and so I took to vice.
2 Something was not dead within me, in the depths of my heart and conscience it would not die, and it showed itself in acute depression.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor DostoevskyContext Highlight In PART 2: VIII 3 The greatest disorder and depression had been in the baggage train he had passed that morning on the Znaim road seven miles away from the French.
4 Again Pierre was overtaken by the depression he so dreaded.
5 Nothing in life seemed to him of much importance, and under the influence of the depression that possessed him he valued neither his liberty nor his resolution to punish his wife.
6 If he did not at once give his consent to a reunion with his wife, it was only because in his state of depression he did not feel able to take any step.
7 Since the ball he had felt the approach of a fit of nervous depression and had made desperate efforts to combat it.
8 It was only at headquarters that there was depression, uneasiness, and intriguing; in the body of the army they did not ask themselves where they were going or why.
9 Rostov galloped back with the rest, aware of an unpleasant feeling of depression in his heart.
10 When Pierre and his wife had left, he grew very quiet and began to complain of depression.
11 Ever since that leave of absence had expired, more than a fortnight before, Natasha had been in a constant state of alarm, depression, and irritability.
12 The worst of it was, Clifford tended to become vague, absent, and to fall into fits of vacant depression.
13 Yet, in spite of all this, Anne had reason to believe that she had moments only of languor and depression, to hours of occupation and enjoyment.
14 As for his look, it was a natural cheerfulness striving against depression from without, and not quite succeeding.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face 15 "To get excitement and shake off depression," she said in low tones.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face